Human Effigy Pendant
After 500 CE, gold became the dominant medium for fashioning personal adornments. Bracelets, effigy pendants, and large pectorals and headbands were decorated with geometric motifs and cast in the shape of animals and shamanic spirit forms. Goldsmiths in southwestern Costa Ric...
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Acquired by Throckmorton Fine Art, New York; purchased by John G. Bourne, Sante Fe, 2003; given to John G. Bourne Foundation, 2003 [1]; given to Walters Art Museum, 2013.[1] according to Bourne Foundation accounts
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